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The Surface of Meaning

Books and Book Design in Canada

by (author) Robert Bringhurst

Publisher
CCSP
Initial publish date
Sep 2008
Category
Book, Publishing
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780973872729
    Publish Date
    Sep 2008
    List Price
    $59.96

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Description

To Robert Bringhurst, typographer, poet and writer, the presence of books and the story of books in Canada are preludes to understanding our culture. In The Surface of Meaning, he takes us on another of his walking tours, this time through the bramble of English and French-Canadian books and book design, from the early 19th century to the present day. Along the way, he discovers a genuine image trove of identity, culture and history.

About the author

Robert Bringhurst is a poet, typographer and linguist, well known for his award-winning translations of the Haida storytellers Skaay and Ghandl, and for his translations of the early Greek philosopher-poet Parmenides. His manual The Elements of Typographic Style has itself been translated into ten languages and is now one of the world’s most influential texts on typographic design. Among his most recent publications is a pair of essay collections, The Tree of Meaning (GP, 2006) and Everywhere Being is Dancing (GP, 2007). Bringhurst lives on Quadra Island, off the British Columbia coast.

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